20 Album Challenge, Artists, Music

20 Album Challenge – Day 16

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The 20 Day Album challenge continues. Today’s pick is Heart’s self-titled album from 1985

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Once again, thanks to MTV, I found myself another favorite band who had been around since the 70s. I was blown away when “Never” came on with Ann Wilson’s incredible vocals and Nancy Wilson rocking the guitar. I loved every song that was released off of this album. I just had to own it! Then when I got it, I discovered the songs “If Looks Could Kill“, which led off the album, and “All Eyes“, which was the first song on the second side. I thought they were even better than the songs that were always on MTV and on the radio. I love all of Heart’s music, but this is still my favorite album of theirs. However, my favorite song of theirs was on their next album, Bad Animals. And no, it’s not “Alone” (although it IS up there), but it’s another song that wasn’t released as a single – “You Ain’t So Tough”. As good as Bad Animals is, the album Heart is so great and solid all the way through, and I still love it today.

If you want to Return to the ’80s, check out Heart on Spotify:

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And if you’d like to get the album from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

Artists, Music, Remember That Song?

Remember That Song – 2/20/20

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Here is a softball today!

Can you name the artist and song:

If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding

Last Song: “Rocket 2 U” by The Jets from the album Magic (1988)

Great job Adora (@Adora2000), Lisa (@gabbyg89), and Sa Ch Ch (@SaChCh)!!!

Baby, baby, when you called me on the phone today
You sounded frantic when you said “Come over, right away”

If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

20 Album Challenge, Artists, Music

20 Album Challenge – Day 15

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The 20 Day Album challenge continues. Today’s pick is Sports by Huey Lewis and the News.

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In my early teen years, I had a very limited collection of albums/tapes. Sports was one of the few that I owned, and I loved it. Not long after I got cable and was pretty much glued to MTV, “Heart and Soul” was released. I thought the song and the video was great, and different from a lot of the other music that was playing. It was followed by “I Want a New Drug”, then “The Heart of Rock & Roll”. I’m thinking I got this at Easter time in 1984, which was the end of my junior high school years. Of course the hits were great. But, they did get overplayed. However, my three favorite songs on the album were not big hits,and they were all on the second side of the tape. They were “Walking on a Thin Line”, “Finally Found a Home”, and “You Crack Me Up”.

Now that decades have passed, I am loving the big hits from that album again. While I am talking about Huey Lewis and the News, I need to mention that they have just released a brand new album, Weather. It is their first studio album of original material in 19 years, and it is incredible! They sound just as good as they do on Sports, and every single song is awesome. I highly recommend you checking this out.

If you want to Return to the ’80s, check out Sports on Spotify:

Then check out their brand new album, Weather:

And if you’d like to get the albums from Amazon, you can click on the album covers below:

Artists, Music, Remember That Song?

Remember That Song – 2/19/20

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Can you name the artist and song:

Baby, baby, when you called me on the phone today
You sounded frantic when you said “Come over, right away”

Last Song: “Baby Come To Me” by Patti Austin & James Ingram from the album Every Home Should Have One (1983)

Great job Adora (@Adora2000) and Sa Ch Ch (@SaChCh)!!!

Thinkin’ back in time
When love was only in the mind
I realize, ain’t no second chance

If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

20 Album Challenge, Artists, General, Music

20 Album Challenge – Day 14

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The 20 Day Album challenge continues. Today’s pick is Invisible Touch by Genesis.

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Invisible Touch was one of my favorite albums of the 80s. It came out in a good time of my life and it brings back great memories. It came out in my junior year of high school. I was actually doing pretty decent in school at this point, and my social life was starting to pick up. I remember listening to this album on the bus going to and from our indoor track meets that winter. Every song is awesome and puts me in a good mood. The title track is so much fun. “Land of Confusion” had a great video, and it is as relevant today as it was back then. “In Too Deep” is such a beautiful ballad. Phil Collins pretty much owned the 80s. He was on the radio and on MTV at least once every hour – whether it was his solo work, or with Genesis. I feel like this was the peak of Genesis and also the peak of the ’80s.

Here is the album on Spotify:

And if you’d like to get the album from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

Movies, Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: Sixteen Candles

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Samantha: I can’t believe this. They fucking forgot my birthday.

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Well Return to the ’80s didn’t forget! Happy 52nd birthday to Molly Ringwald!!!

Today also would have been the 70th birthday of John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009)

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If you’d like to get this movie from Amazon, click on the movie poster below:

Artists, Music, Remember That Song?

Remember That Song – 2/18/20

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Can you name the artist and song:

Thinkin’ back in time
When love was only in the mind
I realize, ain’t no second chance

Last Song: “Ah! Leah!” by Donnie Iris from the album Back on The Streets (1981)

Great job Adora (@Adora2000), Teen Movie Classics (@TeenClassics), and Lori (@ThreezkyMusic)!!!

It ain’t no use
We’re headed for disaster
Our minds said no
But our hearts were talking faster

If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

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20 Album Challenge – Day 13

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The 20 Day Album challenge continues. Today’s pick is the Rocky IV Soundtrack

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Rocky IV epitomized over-the-top 80s cheesiness (as did all mid-80s Sly Stallone movies). The movie was fun. But, perhaps my favorite part of the movie was the soundtrack. I had never run to music before this soundtrack. While running during the summer, I would throw this tape in my Walkman and run and have a great workout. From Survivor’s “Burning Heart” and once again “Eye of the Tiger“, to Rhode Island’s own John Cafferty belting out “Heart’s on Fire“, to Robert Tepper’s “No Easy Way Out” and “The Sweetest Victory“, there was no stopping me! If it was good enough for Rocky, it was good enough for me! And if that wasn’t enough, the James Brown classic “Living in America” is featured as well as the duet “Double or Nothing” by legends Kenny Loggins and Gladys Knight. Even the instrumentals by Vince DiCola were great. One was called “War“, and the other is literally called “Training Montage“. If you can’t train to that song, what’s the point?

Here is the album on Spotify:

And if you’d like to get the album from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

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20 Album Challenge – Day 12

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The 20 Day Album challenge continues. My pick for Day 12 is Contact by The Pointer Sisters.

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While “Jump (For My Love)” and “I’m So Excited” got all the attention for The Pointer Sisters, my favorite song by them was “Dare Me” from this album. It really pumped me up before Cross Country meets, and it always put me in a good mood when I needed it. This is another album that is very solid. I love every song on it. In addition to “Dare Me“, I fell in love with “Back In My Arms.”

The Pointer Sisters will forever hold a place in my heart. While serving on a Naval hospital during the Gulf War (Desert Shield/Desert Storm), the Pointers came on our ship at Christmas time, and headlined a show as part of the Bob Hope tour. All the female performers from that year’s special put on the show. Ann Jillian was the host, and other performers included Marie Osmond and Khrystyne Haje (Head of the Class). All of those performers will always have my love and respect. And it may be nos surprise, but the Pointer Sisters’ playlist included “Jump (For My Love”), “Dare Me”, and “I’m So Excited.” I will never forget it.

I cannot recommend this Contact album enough. You can check it out on Spotify:

And if you’d like to get the album from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:

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